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Problen w/flight lessons. (Read 563 times)
Mar 13th, 2004 at 1:07pm

Staiduk   Offline
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OK; this is driving me totally boohickey.
Just for 'fun'; I decided to go through the lessons. Everything goes good until the checkride.
Take off, climb out, level at 2000ft. Kewl. Easy. Then she says '90 deg. steep turn'.
Geez; how steep does she bloody well want it?
I do a standard 45-deg. steep turn. Response: 'Your bank was too shallow.'
Fair 'nuff. 60 deg. 'Your bank was too shallow'. ??????
I hauled the bloody thing around in a screaming U-turn that would've done credit to Art Scholl. 'Your bank was too shallow'.
WAAAAAAAA!!!!
(cough) Sorry.
Anyhoo; I've tried everything I know of - replayed that %&*%^%$#$!! flight 20+ times; each with the same result - 'Your bank was too shallow'. On each flight; all parameters stayed nailed on their assigned positions. Each turn rolled out within 3 deg. of the assigned heading without overshoot. (Doesn't help that halfway through the turn a little 'decrease bank angle to 20 deg.' sign pops up.)
So apparently; I'm supposed to do a turn somewhere between 20 and 90 degrees of bank.
(And yes; I'm quite comfortable with doing steep turns in real-life. That's what's got me so frustrated. Smiley )
Oh - I started out with full realism; went to 'easy', went to autorudder, the works - same result each time.
Has anyone seen this problem, and is there a fix? Thanx. Smiley

 

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Reply #1 - Mar 13th, 2004 at 1:23pm

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Sorry, The checkrides are full of bugs

As for the steep turns, A general rule of thumb is to start your roll-out using half your bank angle. If you're doing a steep turn at a 45 degree angle bank, try to start your roll out at about 22 degrees before your target heading.

That's what my Flight Instructor is trying to drill into my thick head Grin
 
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Reply #2 - Mar 13th, 2004 at 1:51pm

WebbPA   Ex Member
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This http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315203 was a problem on FS02.  Looks like it's still broken.
 
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Reply #3 - Mar 13th, 2004 at 3:47pm

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Quote:
Sorry, The checkrides are full of bugs

As for the steep turns, A general rule of thumb is to start your roll-out using half your bank angle. If you're doing a steep turn at a 45 degree angle bank, try to start your roll out at about 22 degrees before your target heading.

That's what my Flight Instructor is trying to drill into my thick head Grin


Yes; that's similar to what I tell my students - unfortunately, the blistering twit in the sim's right-hand seat seems not to have heard it. Grin
Thanks for the link, WebbPA; I'll try 'er again... Smiley
 

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Reply #4 - Mar 13th, 2004 at 8:13pm

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Nope; the twit's still clueless.
(BTW - whoever the actor was that did the voice - d'you think she could at least have tried not to sound like she was reading the script?  Roll Eyes )

Oh well; I guess I'll have to forgo the 172 and stick to the 737 - breezed that test! Grin
 

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